Summer lovin': Blue Bell gets crunchy with new sweet and salty flavor

The anticipation is over. On Thursday, Blue Bell Ice Cream announced its newest flavor: Sweet 'n Salty Crunch. Inspired by popular snack mixes found on grocery store shelves, the new flavor features vanilla ice cream with chocolate-coated pretzel bites, chopped roasted almonds, and milk chocolate chunk.

Sweet 'n Salty Crunch is expected to be in stores this week. It's the fourth release from Blue Bell this summer. Red, White & Blue Bell, Cookie Two Step, and Pineapple Sherbet have also returned to stores following a 2015 listeria contamination which left at least 10 people sick in four states.